Improvement in window-sash and frames



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Letters Patent No. 83,632, dated November 3, 186,8.'

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent Aand making part of thesame.

To whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ORION R. Hrenrr, ofDowagiac, in the county of Cass, and State of Michigan, have invented anew and -useful Improvement in Building Window-Sash and Frames; and Idodeclare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters ofreference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification.

`Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, partially in section. v

Figure 2 is a plan view of a sash with my improvement. p

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same,

The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar arrangement of thesash stop-pin loosely in the stop, so that said pin may be used forrigidly fastening the sash when desired; I construct a window-frame, A,the two sides of which, B, are provided-with channels C, rabbeted out bya proper tool. construction,.in the outer side of the stiles E of whichI rabbet corresponding channels F, within which are secured the stops G,by means of pins H and s piral or other springs I, the springs being soarrangedl that they operate between the bottom of the channels in I thentake a sash, D, of ordinary the Stiles and the edge of the stops, toforce the stops to partially enter the channels in the sides of theframe, when the sash is in place. Through one of the Stiles I extend thepins H, as shown at J, in order to furnish Y means of compressing thesprings, and thereby withdrawing the stop entirely from the channels inthe frame, when it is desired to remove the sash. p f The outer ends ofthese elongated pins may be provided with a thumb-piece, K, tofacilitate their being turned, while their opposite ends may passthrough the stops, and be provided with a screw-thread, which may engagewith a suitable nut, countersunk into 'the edge of the stop.

Then, when it is desired to fasten the window, and prevent its beingopened from the outside, it is'necesthrough the nut', will engage withthe bottom of the channel in the corresponding side of the sash.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement of pin J K, loosely in stop G, for the purpose ofrigidly fastening the sash when desired, wsubstantially as and for thepurposes described.

ORION R. HIGH'I. Witnesses:

H. F. EBnnTs, LOUIS C. HYDE.

sary simply to turn the pin, when its point, projecting I

